I've brought kuma with me and made a road trip from Tampa florida to Asheville north Carolina.

The main reason why I'm here is because I want to see an Interpol concert.

Interpol is my ultimate favorite band and I'm obsessed with them.

And I've been seeing their concerts every time they go on tour they usually have a date uh in florida, but for the past year they've been touring and they haven't added florida date.

So I was like oh I better see them somewhere else before they end this tour.

So then I looked into Nashville and I like Asheville anyway, I've been here a couple of times and I know it's like a small charming downtown area.

So I figured this would be a great place to see Interpol.

So I made the journey up here with kuma and got here last night ended up being like 11.5 hour drive was supposed to be 9.5 hours.

But you know there's traffic because it's Labor Day weekend, it's a little bit busy.

Also there's a festival here this weekend as well, the gumbo festival that they have every year, which I didn't know but there's a very lively last night we got in around five p.m. And checked into the hotel at kempton.

I love kimpton hotels because they're all dog friendly and they're all free for dogs or any pets they can stay for free at the kimpton.

Yeah, it's a little bit expensive like the overall hotel price.

But I do like that.

They're overly pet friendly.

They give you a free goodie bag.

Dog goodie bag with a toy and some treats.

And also if you need like dog beds or water bowls like they'll provide that too.

So last night when I got in at five we walked around a bit and we went to the dog welcome center which is also like a dog store and a dog behavioral center.

So it's like three things in one.

But they have like goodies for the dogs.

It's all free so you can take this cup and they have information on dog friendly things to do in Nashville.

So I took one of the lists and after that I was really hungry and I knew that twisted laurel was dog friendly.

I noted that they had a dog friendly menu but when I went there they didn't offer it.

So I just figured they didn't have it.

But I wanted to eat pretty fast there anyway because the music was so loud from the festival so I just wanted to hurry up and eat and then go, I had the chicken parm and that was pretty good.

So this morning I am going to have some breakfast at Mayfield because it's dog friendly as well.

So kuma can come with me.

Alright so I was gonna go to may pills but uh they don't open until 10 a.m. I thought they opened at nine.

I mean that's what google maps said.

Maybe google maps is wrong.

So yeah so they have an on site restaurant here at kimpton called our jell o and it's not friendly down the patio so there's nobody here outside.

So I figured why not?

We'll just have breakfast here and they still have free coffee here until 10 a.m. So I thought okay yeah I'll just get my free coffee and omelet and get the day started.

Alright.

Got my Alma and home fries.

Got it without peppers.

It looks pretty good.

Mm geez is really good.

So that's the Canton Hotel we're staying at.

It's like another like gift store kind of place.

So many dogs around.

Did you get your smells in?

Okay you ready?

This is where we got your goodies from this patent Avenue pet company.

I can't open that.

I'm not allowed to open that.

I'm sorry.

This is cute.

All these are doggie raincoats, wow, you look so good.

You look so good in that.

Fedora.

I love it.

This is actually a really big head store so much um a always tries to find food on the floor.

She usually finds something just check in every corner of the lot.

Kuma already got treats from the nice lady down these streets instead of have them online too.

But they're called brujas.

I'm just gonna get all these child sizes because I like them so much.

I love this idea of blind date with a book doesn't tell you what the book is that gives you general information like Brave women, shocking history.

Which book do you want coma, anything you prefer?

Alright, so now we're at the kress emporium.

Lots of artsy, crafty stuff.

Actually.

Like some of these simple paintings here.

These are so cute.

Check in here.

Let's go in here.

What do you think?

Love this sweater.

These gold chains are for dogs.

It's so cute but really heavy high.

This is the shop dog.

Love the chain.

Okay, so we're back in the hotel room.

Um we actually did quite a lot for, you know, was it over a few hours?

Um but it was starting to get hot because it's like it says high seventies but I think with humidity it's probably in the eighties because we started like sweating and say we like she was but she was panting.

Plus a lot of stores didn't have a C.

So they had fans on but it didn't circulate well enough.

Anyway, we had a good time.

First.

We went to had an Avenue Pet Company and that's where I wanted to get the same treats that we got from this hotel when they gave us the goodie bags.

So I got a whole bunch of these brew Yaz.

These little ones.

Like just like I said, I like that they're little, they could just break them into little pieces easily, which is great for her because she just like gobbles things down and they said they sell them online.

So I'm gonna get some online once I went out of these Right You Want 1?

It'll be a little one.

Perfect.

Yeah and the next we went to mala prose bookstore.

Um I wanted to go here because they had a lot of good reviews but they have this one section where it's called Blind Date with a book, it's like a mystery book.

So they wrap them up in this brown paper and they give you a description like humorous fantasy with social commentary.

This one was the cheapest one at 10 bucks.

So I thought I would get this one and the back is cute.

It says I bought, got it at my local independent bookstore.

So I just wanted to support the bookstore too for coming up with such a clever idea plus the probably the manager but she came up to us and gave them a treat.

She called it a reward so that she wouldn't get triggered by the word T R E A T.

So that was really cute.

So yeah, I'm gonna find out what this book is.

Let's see what it is.

You wanna see what the book, this is going postal going postal kuma.

Okay, so nice to crest emporium which was huge.

So lots of space for like dogs to walk around but they had little sections of different artsy, crafty things from regional artists and there was like really cute stuff in there and some local art and they had like planters and stuff jewelry.

But yeah, if you're looking for unique gifts, that's a great place to go.

And then on our way back we stopped by hazel 20 which is about clothing store, they're dog friendly there and they actually have a shop dog there as well.

It's this french bulldog and so just like walking around the store just chilling.

But yeah, they had really cute clothes in there, really nice items.

They had G pit with the hats.

I actually wanted to try them out because I've been following like instagram and they have really cool hats.

So I tried a couple on, I liked a couple of them, I might go back and get one, we'll see.

And then lastly I wanted to get lunch at farm burger because that's a pet friendly restaurant too because they have this outdoor patio.

But I couldn't get anybody's attention out there, like nobody would come outside, I waited and nobody came so I was like, alright, you know what, it's fine, we're like right next door anyway, so I think what I'm gonna do is just order, take out and then bring it here and eat lunch in the hotel room.

I think it's better that way anyway because kind of hot like I said, and that will be more comfortable eating in the room.

So today after I get the farm burger, probably just just relax at the hotel room and then I'm gonna head out to the concert.

So yeah, so far, Asheville has been great in the zone.

Okay, so I just got back from an incredible night.

I just saw my favorite band Interpol.

I got front row and center.

So the place that I wanted me exactly.

I'm really glad I went to this venue and got that advance past some people that you know, got the advanced tickets.

They were lining up already.

There's about maybe 10 of them.

They were really nice and we bonded instantly because of course we all love Interpol, but some people were there for spoon too because it's a co headliner.

And yeah, of course Interpol was incredible actually.

This was my first time seeing spoon as well and I knew like maybe four of their songs, the lead singer, he's an incredible performer, He really engages with the audience and the whole band is just really great.

And then of course Interpol comes on and I just go crazy, just lose all sense.

I feel like I'm just, you know, like I said, I'm obsessed with their music.

And then as I'm walking back, I am so glad I stayed at a hotel that was walking distance from Rabbit Rabbit, the venue because there were so many cars going out at once and it looks so chaotic and I'm so glad I didn't drive or take an Uber because that would have taken forever.

And then when I'm coming back to the hotel they're playing the coolest music.

I mean it's my type of music.

I love old school hip hop and this DJ down here at the bar of this hotel.

He just did a really good job of like mixing one song to the next.

So I was kind of like just standing there with kuma kuma out for her last walk and really enjoying it.

It was so great.

So what a great day.

What a great night.

Um Tomorrow I don't have much plans.

I might, you know check out a few more things in Asheville if I can because it is forecasted to rain still.

So we shall see.

But for now I'm going to bed.

Okay so it's 7 30 in the morning and uh I'm gonna try to go and explore some stuff.

Kuma is not happy about that for some reason.

I don't know why she got really upset.

What is it, what is it something out there?

She loves this.

She loves people watching down here.

It's so cute.

But yeah, it's very cloudy.

They've already forecasted that, you know it's gonna be rain.

So what I was thinking was that I would, you know check out a couple of places this morning and then uh probably have some breakfast by myself somewhere because I really want those pancakes.

So this is Chicken Alley.

It's not quite how I remember it.

There used to be more artsy stuff around here.

Like they used to be this piano with succulents growing in it and now I don't know it just seems like it's a residential area.

I mean I guess it must have always been, I don't know it's been years.

But yeah, I don't know, it's just this one graffiti now with the Chicken alley sign and just not what I remember it being okay.

So now I'm gonna go to breakfast to get my pancakes.

I was gonna go to the med but they don't open till nine.

There's not a lot of places open early so I'm gonna go to the early girl eatery which is not too far.

Like just a five minute just left Asheville and Asheville was such a great time.

I'm so glad I stayed two days there to explore it a little bit more.

Even though this is my third time in Nashville, this is the first time I really like explored more of that downtown area and it was really nice.

I met some great people um at the hotel at the concert.

The shops like everybody was so nice and so welcoming and especially Takuma too because each time we went somewhere any store like the hotel, the staff, they would always give her reward T.

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Asheville has definitely grown but it does still have that charming quality to it.

So I I love it.

Asheville is a great place.

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